1785 state leaders - Events of 1786 - 1787 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy - Osei Kwame Panyin , Asantehene (1777-1803)
• Dahomey - Kpengla, King of Dahomey (1774-1789)
• Zulu - Senzangakona, King of the Zulu (1781-1816)

Americas

• United States -
  1. John Hancock, President of the United States in Congress Assembled (1785-1786)
  2. Nathaniel Gorham, President of the United States in Congress Assembled (1786)
• Vermont - Thomas Chittenden, Governor of Vermont (March 13, 1778-October 13, 1789)

Asia

• Afghanistan - Timur Shah, King of Afghanistan (1772-1793)
• China (Qing Dynasty) - Qianlong, Emperor of China (1735-1796)
• Japan
  • Monarch - Kokaku, Emperor of Japan (1780-1817)
  • Shogun (Tokugawa) -
    1. Tokugawa Ieharu, Shogun of Japan (1760-1786)
    2. Tokugawa Ienari, Shogun of Japan (1786-1837)
• Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Jeongjo , King of Joseon (1776-1800)

Europe

• Andorra - Coprinces:
  • Josep de Boltas , Bishop of Urgell (1785-1795)
  • Louis XVI, King of France (1774-1792)
• Denmark
  • Monarch - Christian VII, King of Denmark (1766-1808)
  • Prime Minister - Andreas Peter , Minister of State of Denmark (1784-1797)
• France - Louis XVI, King of France (1774-1792)
• Great Britain -
  • Monarch - George III, King of Great Britain (1760-1820)
  • Prime Minister - William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1783-1801, 1804-1806)
• Holy Roman Empire - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1765-1790)
• Ireland - George III, King of Ireland (1760-1820)
• Portugal - Maria I Francisca, Queen of Portugal (1777-1816)
• Prussia -
  1. Frederick II King of Prussia (1740-1786)
  2. Frederick William II, King of Prussia (1786-1797)
• Russia - Catherine II, Tsaritsa of Russia (1762-1796)
• Spain - Charles III, King of Spain (1759-1788)
• Sweden - Absolutism
  • Monarch - Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-1792)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi - Dhiyab bin Isa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1761-1793)
• Morocco - Mohammed III, Sultan of Morocco (1757-1790)
• Ottoman Empire
  • Monarch - Abd-ul-Hamid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1774-1789)
  • Grand Vizier -
    1. Sahin Ali Pasha , Ottoman Grand Vizier (1785-1786)
    2. Koca Yusuf Pasha , Ottoman Grand Vizier (1786-1789)